Best Quietus Poems

In a mire brewed
betwixt puddles of hell and mute dissent 
a martyr wades - 
weighed down by chains of shame and disdain
alas the thirsting self-absorbed swamp
distills and swills her stewed silence 
and swallows the last embers 
from her goblet of dreamer’s fire 

pursed breaths are...

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"That inward eye; which is the bliss of solitude . . . "
                           William Wordsworth,  English Poet,...

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White chariot
pounds pavement blue,
hooves beat tattoo
on drum of sky.

Ashen fleece borne,
softly I lie,
earth's pull defy-
victory ride.



Faye Gibson
Copyright, August 3, 2014...

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I lie here still and cold.
My eyes grey and fathomless,
My cancer- stricken body.
Awaiting the quietus of my final nap.

A sleep that will last an eternity,
Filled with a tiresome, repetitious rhapsody.
My story forever untold, 
The delinquency of my fable

Written 21-03-2018...

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after the guns stop
flowers from love letters fall
soft on no man’s ground

no glory be found in this 
quietus of butterflies

© Gail Foster 11th November 2016...

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This quietus death – sweet release-

a rhapsody enwrapping you.

Fathomless it is; pain will cease.

This quietus death – sweet release!

Your story does not end, for peace

lasts an eternity when life's through!

This quietus death – sweet release-

a rhapsody enwrapping you.


March 24, 2018 for Broken Wing's "5 Words...

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No ... there would be no happy end to this story ...

No shining horizon or shimmering visions of tomorrow,
No joyous rhapsody of angels to greet us at the end of THIS tunnel.
The Big Apple was behind us now, fallen to the horrors of the epidemic...

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Come close to me, dearest sweet love.
Hum echoes in my dreams
Let me hear your voice from above,
Elated as love seems.

Each night I feel your kiss,
Darling, you are my bliss,
Hold me tight dear like this.

I care for thee,
Come close to me.

Quietus


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The death of a bird is the death of a song
Like the melody of its lasting breath
Sliced down from an invisible blade of the wind
The quietus of a bird defeats the entity of nature itself
The bereavement of this serenoa
Would bring dissolution upon the serenity
Of this...

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As Autumn delays, I await 
Winter's crystal snowflakes
With delight, I anticipate
Skating on frozen lakes

Golden leaves turning red
Bare tree limbs I will dread
But I will look ahead 

To chillier days
As Autumn delays...

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demise
end Existence
takes without prejudice
with no care of after effects
ruin




I tried my hand at Cinquain....

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Each moment so sweet, enjoy it, 
Just dwell on life's good things;
With life's course of verse, rhyme a bit, 
Much joy, to you, it brings.

See the poise of the sea:
Her harmonic chord be
Her ebb and flow you see!

With a smile you greet, 
Each moment so...

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My divine strength, shield my dismay 
Exult holly swiftness
Yield not to dull gloomy betray 
Creed gapes at lavishness
 
Yield the boon, not the bad
Dark source upward forbade
Let not soul dwells in cad

Lift lush roots faith
My divine strength...

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God, earn a place in our hearts
As we feeble being
Sighting us, we strive for grafts
Save our day of rising

Love each day, is his way
Share thoughts, set time to pray.
Try to grasp facts each day

save us from spates
god, earn a place.

Written: February 04, 2022...

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Fear leashes unforeseen harpoons
     when faith flees to the hold.
     Wind gauges possible typhoons,
     purser murmurs threefold...

           fractures in the bulkhead
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